HCA: Hermit Crab Association

i just got my 4th or 5th order from the crabbage patch, and i just have to let everyone know just how awsome they are, my packages have all been shipped super fast, they have just about everything you need for your hermies. i just cant express how wonderful they are. im always going to be a crabbage...

i do have alot of low ground cover for them, thank you for putting my mind at ease i will just let them do there own thing,

i have 4 larger p.p,s and 2 smaller, about the size of a quarter, my 2 smaller ones were a rescue, im trying to get them to switch out of the painted way to small shells they came to me in. no luck so far but i did just order 25 more shells of all sizes for them, my problem is they dont seem to ever...

everything is back on track with my crabs, everyone seems to be back to normal, thank you everyone who gave me advice.

its about 83 degrees, ive watched them all day and there still in there huts, not 1 has been out today, could it be that they just need to settle in to there new tank?

im getting worried, i just changed my tank from a 20 gal to a 40 gal, ive got at least 7 inches of coconut dirt, fresh and salt water dishes and 2 food dishes, i feed a variety things, to many to list. i worried, sence i changes tanks my crabs have not come out to eat, they normally are all over the...

i will most definitely add more dirt to the tank, i want to have everything right, ive herd these crab called the throw a way pet, this just made me sick, these little guys are priceless, and just like us they have there own personality..i want to be a good crab owner...

the hermit i found in there water dish is the only one who didnt bury his self, all my others did. i have the coconut dirt, its about 5 inches deep, in a forty gallon tank. thanks for the replys, these guys mean a lot to me, i can only hope he survives this, and ive already cat proofed everything, w...

im not sure how long the heat was off, i know it was due to my cat getting back behind my couch and some how unplugging my cord, my crab was freezing, he was like a statue when i picked him up and started to warm him as fast as i could, it dropped down to 68 degrees in my tank. all my other crabs we...

some time through the night my tank cords to my heaters came unpluged, this morning i found hercules my big boy in the salt water dish, he was freezing cold, so cold his shell was like a ice cube, i got him out as fast as i could, he didnt go back in his shell for awile, i got my tank warming up now...

ive got 5 beauties, im trying to learn everything i can about them, i want to provide them with a good life. i have watched undercover videos about crabs and what they go through is a disgrace..